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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Huge Pay on the Reserve

The National Post reports that a politician in Glooscap First Nation in Nova Scotia is paid $978,468 per year. This is very high, but sounds much worse when considering that the reserve has only 300 members. It gets worse, though. Apparently only 87 members actually live in the community.

With a little math these numbers lead to a suggestion that would probably help these 87 people greatly. Perhaps we could get rid of the politician and divide the pay equally among the residents. This works out to $11,246 per person per year. I’m guessing that these people would be better off with the money than whatever service the politician provides.

I dream of the Roman times when rich people would ruin themselves for the honour of being civil servants - in order to be elected they would build public baths, help the poor etc. And the reward?! People would remember them! But, of course, no instant gratification that 900K $ can offer you :D